News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News Prof Megan Giddings Named McKnight Land-Grant Professor The assistant professor, one of only ten University of Minnesota awardees, receives support in writing her third novel. Alumnus Tobias Wray Named 2023 NEA Creative Writing Fellow Congratulations to Tobias Wray (BA '05, English, French) who was named a 2023 National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellow. Idioms, Mysteries, and Minnesota Athletes Idioms, Mysteries, and Minnesota Athletes: Several CLA authors are featured in Minnesota Alumni magazine's quarterly books roundup. English Major Spotlight: Katelyn Strother Interested in education, this major is pursuing a minor in Teaching English as a Second Language. Meet Assistant Professor Jessica Horvath Williams The scholar of nineteenth-century culture and disability studies is helping to create a TV show featuring disabled artists in Minnesota. Upcoming Events February 06, 2023 Burial Rituals of the Habitual Tomorrow The Voice, Art, and Community Series presents poets Heid E. Erdrich, Sun Yung Shin, and Douglas Kearney. February 09, 2023 Stephanie Burt Reading The poet and Harvard University literary critic gives the Edelstein-Keller Lecture. February 21, 2023 Walter Nathan Literary Initiatives Presents: Celebrating Great River Review Hear from Walter Nathan Essayist Rachel M. Hanson and Pink Poetry Prize winner Hannah Dierdorff.
Prof Megan Giddings Named McKnight Land-Grant Professor The assistant professor, one of only ten University of Minnesota awardees, receives support in writing her third novel.
Alumnus Tobias Wray Named 2023 NEA Creative Writing Fellow Congratulations to Tobias Wray (BA '05, English, French) who was named a 2023 National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellow.
Idioms, Mysteries, and Minnesota Athletes Idioms, Mysteries, and Minnesota Athletes: Several CLA authors are featured in Minnesota Alumni magazine's quarterly books roundup.
English Major Spotlight: Katelyn Strother Interested in education, this major is pursuing a minor in Teaching English as a Second Language.
Meet Assistant Professor Jessica Horvath Williams The scholar of nineteenth-century culture and disability studies is helping to create a TV show featuring disabled artists in Minnesota.
February 06, 2023 Burial Rituals of the Habitual Tomorrow The Voice, Art, and Community Series presents poets Heid E. Erdrich, Sun Yung Shin, and Douglas Kearney.
February 09, 2023 Stephanie Burt Reading The poet and Harvard University literary critic gives the Edelstein-Keller Lecture.
February 21, 2023 Walter Nathan Literary Initiatives Presents: Celebrating Great River Review Hear from Walter Nathan Essayist Rachel M. Hanson and Pink Poetry Prize winner Hannah Dierdorff.